Rosca De Reyes - Three Kings Cake

photo by Jeffrey C.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
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For the cake
- 16 ounces butter (if using margarine, NOT tub or spread product) or 16 ounces margarine (if using margarine, NOT tub or spread product)
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 6 eggs
- 4 cups cake flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans
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The syrup
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground aniseed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 dried beans (or plastic baby)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In large mixing bowl, cream together butter or margarine and powdered sugar.
- Add eggs and beat again, until light and fluffy.
- Combine dry ingredients, expect chopped nuts.
- Gradually add dry ingredients and vanilla to creamed mixture.
- Sprinkle nuts on bottom of lightly greased 9x5x4-inch loaf pan.
- Pour batter into pan.
- Bake at 350°F for 55 minutes, or until pick comes out clean and cake springs back to the touch.
- Cool 10 minutes; turn cake onto wire rack to cool.
- Insert dry bean or"baby" from the underside of the cake when cool.
- During the last minutes cake is cooking, melt brown sugar in heavy saucepan over low heat.
- Remove from heat and add ground anise and vanilla extract.
- Pour warm syrup over freshly baked, cooled cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States